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All Ages Poetry Contest SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED APRIL 1ST - APRIL 13TH VOTING HELD APRIL 17TH - APRIL 29TH |
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Celebrate National Poetry Month this April by participating in Agawam Public Library’s Poetry Contest! Poets of all ages are invited to submit their original poems for the chance to win a prize. Not a poet? Not a problem! You can still participate by voting for your favorite poems and sharing the love of literature!
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Featured Events for Adults
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Judith Clini Community Room We're offering our extremely popular gnome program one more time! Create a charming decorative gnome that is sure to brighten up your home! The library will provide all necessary materials. This fun and easy project is for crafters of all experience levels.
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Wednesday, April 5th at 6:30PM Judith Clini Community Room Celebrate the joys of a good old game night with board games and snacks! We'll have games on hand like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Munchkin, and more - but feel free to bring your own! There will be multiple tables for multiple games, so bring a friend or meet some like-minded gamers at the event. Light refreshments like cookies, cupcakes, and juices will be available. Do you have board game recommendations you'd like to share? Feel free to let us know via whichever channel works best for you! This is a drop in program for adults ages 18 and over; registration is not required!
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Monday, April 10th at 7:00PM Tuesday, April 11th at 10:00AM Peirce Conference Room Bring a book to swap and enjoy a cup of tea while sharing your current or favorite read! Maybe you'll even find a new favorite author!
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Judith Clini Community Room Join us for a fun afternoon of tasty tea and trivia! We'll have two Jeopardy-style rounds and one round of scategories. Come by yourself or with a team, and prepare to have your wits challenged. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team!
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Tuesday, April 25th at 6:30PM Judith Clini Community Room Do you have a great sense of humor? Are you interested in meeting new friends? Join us for lots of games and brief discussions on the basics of improv comedy. Practice public speaking, cooperation and team-building, grand philosophical ideas of wellness and wholesome optimism, and also sometimes shouting a whole bunch! This is a great chance to come out of your shell - we're just making it up as we go along!
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Judith Clini Community Room The OverDrive app is coming to an end, so it's the perfect time to learn all about Libby! Join Library Associate Erica LeFebvre to learn how to install, search, and download e-books, e-audiobooks, and e-magazines on the Libby app. Feel free to bring your smart devices and/or your e-Readers with you to this class. You will need your library card and your PIN/password to set up Libby, so please try to make sure you have those ready to go in advance! Registration is required as space is limited; please click here to register!
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Judith Clini Community Room Join us for an informative evening of learning about the vital role that bees play in our environment, as well as what it takes to keep bees of your own!
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Judith Clini Community Room Feel pretty comfortable using the Libby app and interested in learning some tips and tricks to enhance your experience? Join Library Associate Erica LeFebvre to learn more about what what Libby has to offer! Feel free to bring your smart devices and/or your e-Readers with you to this class!
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Judith Clini Community Room Naturalist Dale Monette was part of a group that helped reintroduce bald eagles to the Quabbin Reservoir in the 1980’s. Come learn about that process and what Dale and others are doing to preserve and protect these beautiful creatures.
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Virtual Author Talks in April
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Join us for an enlightening hour online with highly-acclaimed Kate Beaton, the New York Times bestselling author of Hark! A Vagrant! and Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. Attendees can also submit questions for the author in advance that may be asked during the event.
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Thursday, April 27th at 8:00PM
You are in for a riveting hour online with New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger! Join us as he discusses his newest book in the Cork O’Connor series Fox Creek and his other works! Attendees can also submit questions for the author in advance that may be asked during the event.
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Book Discussion Groups in March |
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Tuesday, April 4th at 7:00PM Peirce Conference Room Join us to discuss the breathtaking historical fiction novel The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin! Registration is not required and new members are always welcome to join. Regular print and large print copies of the book are available to pick up at the library circulation desk.
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Peirce Conference Room Join us to discuss the fascinating account The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan! Registration is not required and new members are always welcome to join. Regular print copies of the book are available to pick up at the library circulation desk.
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Peirce Conference Room Join us to discuss the bestselling novel The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel! Registration is not required and new members are always welcome to join. Regular print and large print copies of the book are available to pick up at the library circulation desk.
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